Ironing-board.



J. T. ROBINSON.

IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2,3. NH8- ports 2 fold-ableinwardly under the in 'naar entiteit TOENv '.l.'v FROBI'NSON, 10F:PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANA.

= IRON ING-BOARD.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, .ToHN`T. fRoemeen, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gliilgidelphia`7 in'the county of :Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful ironing-Board, of which thefollowing' is a Specification.

This invention relates to ironing boards,

fone of its objects being to provide a devioe of this character whichcan be folded into a eoinpaet body when not in use and which can bereadily' set up for use.

A further object is to provide an ironing' board including a supportingframe to Which the board proper is hingedly eonneeted, there being meansadjnstably connected to the frame for supporting hanging tabries out oicontact with the floor.

1With the foregoing and other objerts in View which will proceeds, theinvention consists oi oei-tain novel details of construction andronibinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully describedand pointed ont in the elainis, it being understood that various Changesmay be inade in the eonstriu-tion and arrangement of the parts withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any ol` the advantages of theinvention as set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forni of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings- Figure l a side elevation oi the deyiee set up foruse.

Figz a plan View thereof.

Fig, 3 is an end elevation.

Fig. l is a seetion on line 4--l, Fig. 2.

Referring to the lignres by eharaeters of reference, l designates anopen i'ranie to the ends of whirh are hingedly connected supiranie whenthe structure is collapsed. Any snitable means inay be provided forholding the supportsl against folding. l `or example, and as shown inFigs. l and Z5 staples 3 or the like can be provided on the outer l'aeesof the supportsand on the ends of [he frame lto receive holding strips iinsertible longitudinally and which lit snugly. The ironing' board 72ersf' has been shown at 5 and is hingedly eonneeted. to one ond of thetraine l, as shown at (L this board being' provided with the usualfabric covering 7 and normally resting fiat upon the frame l. The freeend of the board is ex appear the description Specification of LettersBatent.

Patented Sept. 215i-, 19118.

Applieaton filed March 23, 1918. Serial No. 224,249.

tended between the upper ends of the strips 4 at one end'ot'tliestmirture sofas tobe'held thereby against lateral shifting upon theframe l. f

I-[a'gers 8 depend ironi the sides of the ranie l at the ends thereofand have hooks 9 at their lower ends. ln these hooks a re removablymounted rodsA l0 to whieh are Secured. the ends of a :labrie sheet ll.',lhe fabric sheet :ulapted to be wound or .rolled upon one of the rodsand said rod is provided With a. crank l2 whereby it can be rolledreadily. A staple 13 extends troni the said rod and by shitting' thei'od longitudinally the staple can be brought to a position iironi whichit will move into engageinent with the adjacent hook f) when the fabi-iesheet begins to unwind. rlhe sheet il thus can be held slack to anydesired extent and will eonstitute an ellieient n ians for holding'iabries oli'l of the lioor while they are being ironed. By rotatingerank 1Q in one direction the staple or loop on its rod I() will inoreofil of the hook 5 engaged thereby and by then shitting' said rodlongillulinally the rod can be rotated to wind up or pay ont the 'labriesheet7 as desired.

lil/'hat is olaiined iszl. The eonibination with an open frame, and anironing board niovably connected to one end of the iranie and adapted torest flat upon said haine.y oit' supports inovably ronneetiul to theends of the fi-aine, fastening' strips delaehably connected to andextending abore the 'frame and supports for holding the .supportsagainst n'ioveinent rel atiye to the traine, the :free end portion ofthe ironing` board being' litted between and held against lateraldisplaeen'ient by the upper ends ot the fastening strips at one end.

Q. The combination with an open iframe, and an ironing board niovablyconnected Ato one end oi the frame, o'l foldable supports eonneeted tothe ends ot the traine, hooked hangers depent-ling froni the iraine,rods detzu-,hably Aseat ed in the hooks of the hangers, asheetloonnertial to the rods and extending under the iraine and board,nieans for rotating one o'i the rods to roll ythe sheet on or unroll itl'roni said rod, and means upon said rod for engaging the hook of one ofits hangers to hohl the rod against rotation to unwind the sheet.

3. The combination with an open frame,

and an ironing board movably connected to one end of the frame, offoldable supports connected to the ends of the frame, hooked hangersdepending from the frame, rods revoluble in the hangers, al sheetconnected at its ends to the rods, a loop outstanding from one of therods, and means for rotating said rod to wind or unwind the sheet, saidrod being shiftable longitudinally to 1o bring the loop into position tomove into engagement With the adjacent hook when the sheet'l begins tounwind, therehy'to hold the rod against rotation.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto aliixedmy signan 3.5`

ture in the presence of 'two Witnesses.

JOHN T. ROBNSON. Witnesses:

EDW. D. KELLY, ELLA B. LAWSON.

